Earlier this year, NTU was pleased to be among the first organizations to endorse H.R. 1104, the "Fair Treatment for All Donations Act," a bill that would help prevent the IRS from overzealously targeting certain nonprofit organizations. The legislation p Read More

Rick Santorum has vowed to "end the IRS as we know it" and will soon unveil his plan to make that so. While the full details are forthcoming, he provided an overview to an audience in Iowa. The current seven federal income tax brackets would be simplified Read More

Think you've read everything about IRS email scandals? Here's one that needs to make more headlines in coming days … and it's not about Lois Lerner. It is, instead, about legislation designed to clarify the limits of the tax agency's powers to pry Read More

Today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) called on the IRS Commissioner to explain the details of a sordid matter that "call(s) into question the integrity of the agency's examination process." Read More

There have been a slate of stories highlighting the IRS's recent struggles with reductions to their budget. It seems like every day Commissioner Koskinen is in a hearing blaming the agency's terrible taxpayer service performance on those cuts... Read More

From the President, Members of the House and Senate, and other advocates for bigger government, there's been a lot of flap about the fairness of our tax system, that the so-called "rich" are not paying their "fair share" in taxes. However, a look at the a Read More

In a process known as civil asset forfeiture, the IRS can take everything in your bank account without ever charging you with a crime. It's difficult to fight back, and unfortunately, it's becoming more common. Read More

Earlier this week, NTU Foundation released a study on the need for fundamental tax reform and what the alternatives to the current system is at the federal level. Check out the summary and be sure to share it with your fellow taxpayers! Read More

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Founded in 1973, National Taxpayers Union Foundation (NTUF) is a non-partisan research and educational organization dedicated to showing Americans how taxes, government spending, and regulations affect them. Through difference-making data, analysis, and commentary, we empower citizens to engage in the critical policy debates of our time – and hold elected officials accountable.